Congress has seen big-ticket exits from its party. Before Ashok Chavan, Baba Siddique and Milind Deora left the Congress. New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that he recently had a conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the BJP’s practice of “poaching” leaders from opposition parties and expressed his concerns about BJP “scaring” opposition … Read more
Even if Chennithalaâs retort at Chavanâs defection is discounted as rhetoric, a look at the list of leaders who have defected to the BJP since 2019, or become its alliance partners, show that if the BJP is indeed a âwashing machineâ, then Maharashtra is perhaps its biggest laundromat. In the past five years, there have … Read more
Mumbai: The BJP, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and the Congress Wednesday declared their candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections slated for 27 February, with significant political messaging in each. The BJP nominated former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan, who defected from the Congress to join the party Tuesday, former MLA Medha Kulkarni, and Maharashtra … Read more
Ghulam Nabi Azad, once a stalwart of the Congress and one of its prominent faces in the recent past, claimed that he has information that more people will leave the party’s fold. File Photo (ANI) Jammu Kashmir News: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday attributed the “downfall” of the Congress due to … Read more
Mumbai: A day after former Maharashtra chief minister and Nanded MLA Ashok Chavan joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress state unit has gone into a damage control mode. It has been calling up every one of its MLAs, holding meetings with alliance partners, and organising urgent legislative party meetings to prevent the possibility … Read more
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who quit the Congress Monday, has announced he will be joining the BJP later today. “Today is a new beginning of my political career,” Chavan told reporters in Mumbai. “I am formally joining the BJP today in their office in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra … Read more
Speaking to reporters, Maharashtra deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis did not comment on Chavan possibly joining the BJP, but said many Congress leaders were in touch with the party as they are feeling “stifled” within the Congress. “Aage aage dekho hota hai kya (wait and watch what happens),” Fadnavis said. Speaking to ThePrint, political commentator Hemant … Read more
Mumbai: After Ashok Chavan, more than a dozen Congress legislators are preparing to resign from the party, sources said. However, they are yet to decide whether they will join the CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, BJP or the Ajit Pawar-led NCP. Along with Chavan, his trusted aide and former legislator Amar Rajurkar has also quit … Read more
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Shankarrao Chavan has quit the Congress Party and there are speculations that more may follow. Ashok Chavan Resigns From Congress Mumbai: In a shocking development from Maharashtra, former Chief Minister Ashok Shankarrao Chavan has quit the Congress Party. Moreover, there is also speculation that many other senior leaders are planning to … Read more
Mumbai: In a setback to Congress ahead of Lok Sabha elections, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Monday quit the Congress, amid speculation that he is veering towards BJP. In a letter to state Congress president Nana Patole, Chavan (65) said he was resigning as a primary member of the grand old party. He … Read more